Elise Guillaume. Exhibition view of Émotions Terranaissantes, Espace Croisé, 2023. © John Janssens.
The Laboratories: We Are All Bodies of Water (2023)
800cm x 80 cm x 78 cm, installation, 2023. Can be modulated.
Custom-made light box table, silver prints and photo negatives developed with an Arctic seaweed-based developer, arctic seaweed, glycerine, charcoal from Longyearbyen, agar, soda crystals.
This 8-metre-long lightbox table displays a series of analogue photographs depicting visceral textures of ice and water. These black and white photographs, developed by the artist using Arctic seaweed-based developer, are carefully placed between seaweed floating in a viscous liquid, the photo negatives and elements used in the plant-based developer. Halfway between the artist's studio and a laboratory, the installation brings the viewer into a landscape that questions traditional photographic development.
Produced by Espace Croisé, Centre d’Art Contemporain in collaboration with LMNO Gallery (Brussels).
Watch a video of the installation below.
Elise Guillaume. Exhibition view of Émotions Terranaissantes, Espace Croisé, 2023. © Espace Croisé
Elise Guillaume. Exhibition view of Émotions Terranaissantes, Espace Croisé, 2023. © Espace Croisé
Elise Guillaume. 78°55,8'N 12°18,4'E, Bodies of Water, 2023. © Elise Guillaume
Elise Guillaume. 78°53,5'N 012°20,3'E (II), Bodies of Water, 2023. © Elise Guillaume
Elise Guillaume. Exhibition view of Émotions Terranaissantes, Espace Croisé, 2023. © Espace Croisé
Elise Guillaume. Exhibition view of Émotions Terranaissantes, Espace Croisé, 2023. © John Janssens
Elise Guillaume. Exhibition view of Émotions Terranaissantes, Espace Croisé, 2023. © John Janssens.
Elise Guillaume. Exhibition view of Émotions Terranaissantes, Espace Croisé, 2023. © John Janssens.